Board of Supervisor - Regular Meeting

Flag of the United States of for it stands nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all like to welcome you all here today on stamp day we're going to start out today I will call the public hearings in order to discuss resolution 2026-8 more storage over there. I don't know. I keep pushing the wrong one.

Well, while you're doing that, did you get any letters, Jordan? No. No. No letters. I think I'm good. Okay. Would you like me to read the resolution first? But Jordan's uh attempting to do over there is to set a timer to give people three minutes to get their point of view out. Would you like me to read the resolution first? I think that would be appropriate. Type.

All right. Resolution number 2026-8 resolution establishing a temporary moratorium on the acceptance of applications or issuing of permits for approval of building planning or use permits for data collection storage facilities, Bitcoin mining centers, solar collection generation facility, facilities and battery storage installations. Whereas Iowa Code Chapter 335 grants counties the ability to regulate land use within its jurisdictional boundaries. And whereas on February 3rd, 2026, the Dickens County Board of Supervisors contracted with an architectural firm to engage in a study and complete an updated comprehensive land use master development plan for the unincorporated lands within the county's boundaries. And whereas facilities used for storage man storage management, processing and transmission of digital data which house computing hardware, servers, storage drives and network equipment used to store, process and distribute digital information including but not limited to highdensity computing facilities. Data centers have the potential to create an excessive burden on energy and water resources and potential to create noise pollution affecting nearby property owners as well as all residents who rely on the local power distribution grid for electricity or subterranean aquifers for portable water. And whereas Bitcoin mining facilities being industrial data centers housing numbers of computers that solve complex algorithms to secure the network and earn Bitcoin have the potential to create an excessive burden on energy and water resources and potential to create noise pollution affecting nearby property owners as well as all residents who rely on the local power distribution grid for electricity or subterranean aquifers for portable water. And whereas solar collection and

storage facilities being systems converting sunlight into electricity or heat and storing excess energy for use during non- sunny hours have the potential to create significant environmental and land use effects including but not limited to habitat fragmentation, soil compaction, biodiversity loss, and negatively impact nearby residents. Further, solar panels can contain hazardous materials that require proper recycling and disposal at the end of their lifespan. And whereas battery energy storage systems facilities being an installation used to store electrical energy, typically from lithium ion batteries, have the potential to create fires that are extremely difficult to extinguish and release harmful gases that pose health risk to residents and first responders and require specialized procedures for cleanup and disposal. And whereas from time to time it is necessary and prudent to review and study county ordinances for necessary updates to ensure proper regulation. and the county and its partners understand the necessity to employ best planning principles and intent to complete the comprehensive planning process. And whereas the board of supervisors will require time to further study, consult experts, and conduct the revision process to complete multiple amendments to the countyy's zoning ordinance and/or the Dickens County code of ordinances consistent with the comprehensive land use master development plan. And now therefore, be it resolved by the board of supervisors of Dickens County, Iowa, institution of moratorum, upon the effective date of this resolution, no application for a building permit, use permit, zoning, or reszoning permit shall be accepted by Dickens County or its offices specifically for data centers, Bitcoin mining facilities, solar collection and storage facilities, or battery energy storage system facilities. Nor shall any permit be issued for the same. However, applications and permitting may continue for any other legally permitted uses, including any other public utility structures with this resolution does not specifically address the duration of the moratorum. This resolution shall be effective for a period of six consecutive months from the date it becomes effective unless extended by

further action of the board to allow the above reference changes to the Dickens County Zoning Ordinance andor code of ordinances to be duly considered by the Dickens County Planning and Zoning Commission where applicable and the Dickens County Board of Supervisors.

Very good. Thank you, Jordan. Meeting's open. The public's here. who would like to speak, please raise your hand, come up into microphone, state your name, address, and your point of view. All within three minutes. Thank you folks for coming. This is important. My name is Patrick Kelly. I'm a retired truck driver. I grew up around here. I moved away for about 60 70 years. Now I'm back and I'm happy to be back and I'm glad to have transparency on this board that you folks have established. I think I don't know if there's the type of transparency we have here in Dickinson County going on anywhere in the state, but it's going on here. So fortunately, there's quite a few people that are watching this meeting right now and they're not even here. That's a good thing. Uh my point on coming here and pushing some of these issues is this is a beautiful area. Unfortunately, we've got some problems that are not resolved. In fact, we don't even know exactly what the actual definition of the problems are. uh we see the catastrophe that's enveloped in the central part of the state over the issue of nitrates and drinking water and all these things and then up here we've got a heck of a rough issue with respect to cancer and I think that what needs to be done and this is my humble opinion we need to continue to pump the brakes on development up here I'm glad to see that there's still companies that are coming in here and want to be here, but we want to make sure as we go forward because we sure know we need the jobs

that it's done in the appropriate fashion and the folks that are on this board here are the ones that really have the responsibility and the accountability to make sure that it's done right. So I think having a moratorum, maybe even lengthening a little bit, get all the science together and get all the facts, get everything together so we really know where we're going and what the adverse consequences may be and what the really good consequences might be because it's a wonderful area. We want to keep it that way. We don't want to have a catastrophe, an environmental catastrophe, because we didn't really pay attention to what was going on. And I know that uh we've got issues. Got a heck of a lot of drainage coming from Wisconsin and Minnesota and other northern points. And it comes down here. We know goes to Little Sue. It goes to the De Moines, goes to a lot of places, and uh goes on down to the Gulf of Trump or whatever you want to call it. The Gulf of Mexico or Gulf of America is a evidently a pretty big hole down there that nothing can live in. So, just please do what you're doing. Make sure that we're all taken care of. We're uh depending on you folks. Make sure this is done right. Something needs to be done. need the jobs and uh I'm for that, but let's make sure we do it right. Thank you very much everybody for coming.

Thank you, Mr. Kelly. Yes, sir.

Morning everybody. My name is Thaddius Cook. live at 2020 330th Avenue in Terrell. Uh first I want to thank you supervisors for taking this important step. Uh it really is something that needs to be considered and I appreciate you guys being forward thinking and looking at this. Slowing down and taking the time to carefully evaluate these issues shows a willingness to listen to the people of Dickson County and that is important because our people here need to come first. I strongly support the thoughtful leadership that puts people over pressure and the facts over speeds. These are not small decisions. They and they should never be rushed. The choices that we make today could impact our communities, our farmland, our property owners, the infrastructure, and the overall quantity quality of the generations to come. At the same time, I believe we should seriously consider a much longer moratorum. I know Mr. Dullard had proposed a 15-month mortorium a couple weeks ago. Uh I believe that's a more accurate amount of time. There are still a lot of questions that deserve some answers. uh our citizens deserve the opportunity to fully understand both the benefits and the potential long-term consequences before any permanent decisions would would be made. A longer pause would allow for more time for research, uh more public input, development of strong protections for our residents and our local communities. It would also allow us to see how current data center issues are going to be playing out. It'll give us a little bit more time to gather some more information. Uh let's see. Most importantly, this is going to help uh ensure that all the the decisions are made carefully, transparently, and again with the best interests in place. And that is the Dixon County members at the center of the conversation. This county is a special place. Uh people chose to live here because our communities because of our communities, our rural character, our farmland, our lake, and the quality of life that we enjoy. We have a responsibility to protect what we have uh also while planning wisely for the future. So, let's continue to listen to

the people of Dickson County. Um, let's ask the hard questions and and really find the results and let's make Dickens County remain a place that we can all call home, not just today, but for future generations. Thank you guys. Thank you. There's a gentleman coming up first, Sarah.

Good morning. My name is Dave Kit Singer. I'm Francis Sites. A little background. I had 50 years high-tech telecommunications, traveled for 42 years by plane, called on all the big companies, New York City, the Bell Companies, etc. I had the highest level national security clearance as civilians, reported Pentagon, six years, and went to military and government applications to help them. So, my background is kind of in this area. I would guess that I have more technical background. anybody in this room this I have 34 technical backgrounds but on these data centers it takes 10 times more power to do an artificial intelligent search to the Google search uh we're short of data centers all over the world they're going to be very expensive probably makes the best GPS modules they're going to be big they create so much heat they have to have water lines to cool and so uh It's estimated one big data center in Denver would take more water than the whole city of Denver itself. Uh place not to put these is down south Nevada, uh Las Vegas, Phoenix, where it's hot already. They'd rather be better up in Alaska, etc. But uh these data centers take so much power. They probably will have a small nuclear reactor with them that lasts nine years, takes 30 days to set up. They're very safe and uh they're 20% enriched uranium, 80% silver. Both of those are in short supply. It's costs are going to go up running these. Then came the discussion with Leon Musk and uh Jensen over at uh Nvidia and they each talked 20 minutes their own stuff and they said, "What else would you like to tell us?" Leon Musk smiled and he says, "Well, I'm going to bet in five years the data centers will be up in

space. They won't be on Earth." and he said it's very cold up there. Don't have to cool them. The sun shines if you get the satellite up a little farther uh 24 hours a day for solar power is not a problem. He said the two things that are problem on the earth here are not a problem in space. The video talked and they said yeah instead of that big card and all the water lines in space it'll be a 2-in square copper card very inexpensive to manufacture. And Leon Musk closed it up saying, "So if you put in data centers in the United States, he said it take five years to put them in." He said, "We'll have them in space in five years. And the bottom line is, can you afford to run the ones on Earth compared to what they are in space?" And interesting thoughts. The telecommunications people all narrowminded said, "Well, they got a problem with the down link. Leon's working on a different uh digital pattern than we use for binary language that's for interstellar space. They'll come down to that there won't be a problem there.

So the bottom line I just Thank you for knowledge. Thank youbody else. Yes. speak anything about.

Hello, my name is Sarah Alexander. I was born and raised in Okaboji. Um, I'm here to just discuss on how and what makes Okaboji very special. We're a very unique community. Um, having our glacier made springfed lakes is why people want to come to Okaboji. I love all of the that you had to say Jordan of the moratorum. I also believe that having more time um to consider and in that time remembering what truly matters um you know I think we're in in the age of digital fastpaceness. I think we can all agree to that our lives have changed significantly in just the last 10 years. Um from the developments that have happened in Okaboji to all over. Um I think us as a community being so tight-knit and really beautiful. We have this opportunity to stand up and say what's right, what really matters. be an example for other small towns, other communities that are being pressed down upon. And when we look at why why is this happening, is it really just the greed? Right? So, how do we show up in compassion and understanding and and really make a difference for for not only us, but for other people to be an example. I think that a lot of people look to Okaboji for a lot of different things and we have a really awesome community. So with these data centers, we need more time. I mean I was talking with a friend and they had an example of do you guys all remember like the first phone how gigantic it was, how insane it was. Like the giant car phones you look at a data center are those going to

eventually be able to be something that is sustainable? We can't completely stop this race of technology. But we are the creators of it and we are the creators of this community. We're the ones that get to say what what does and does not go. And I think it's a really important time to use our voice, use the time, and to place limits on things that we don't really know a lot about. But the little we do know is that is very impactful and in a negative way. Water is a resource that we need to remember. we cannot live without and so water is life and that's what I'm here to say. Thank you.

Is there anyone else of which wishes to speak on this topic? Ladies first. I think one big important thing that needs to be considered if this is a tourism area and once those data center if it were put in anywhere close to this area people would stop coming here. They will stop coming because those data centers are very loud.

They are very very loud and it's 247.

They don't turn off. They're 24/7 loud and they create health problems for the people. Not just the immediate surroundings, but it spreads out the health problems that come from this. I think what needs to be done is you need to go to these communities where they have them already and see what's happening to the neighborhoods and their water resources. I don't want to see our lakes drained and I don't want to see the tourism stop because that gives a lot of people around here a good living. Maybe not super good, but a good living. And if those data centers come, they're not creating jobs for people. They're probably 50 people or 25 people that run those huge places. That's it.

There may it may create jobs in the short run in the building of the place, but when that's over, you're that's done. Those jobs are gone. I just really I really don't want to see it come here. just everyone. Oh, my name is Nancy Cook. I live on Francis sites and I want to be able to sell my house before I die and my eggs.

Thank you, Ma. It's a gentleman in the back, I believe. Morning. My name is Josh Nelson. Um, I currently live in down in Spencer. Uh, I, uh, was the owner of IGL Teleconnect that I recently sold to Premier Communications a few years ago. Um, I'm not against the other side, right? But I also have a few things I want to bring up. Um, I don't know if people know it today, but we currently have a data center in Dickinson County and it's um located over by Lake Park. It's the one that I own. Um, but we're not all the same, right? We don't we're a much smaller data center that I'm in the process of selling. So, I want to make sure this moratorum has um maybe no effect on that, right? where these big large data centers that are in here now are these big gigawatt centers that draw a lot of water. Our data center is much different. We're only a megawatt. So, we're a thousand times smaller than these guys. Um but and we don't use water. We re we um use free air cooling. So, if the temperatures below 50 degrees at night, we cool our data center with the outside air. Um they're not all built the same. Um, but I am in the process of trying to find a buyer for my uh data center and I'd hate to see that this somehow puts a damper on that in some way. I'd like to find a way to build south and then expand it or whatever else. I'm sure like a lot of you know like I I did have a suitor for my data center that they wanted to grow it. I went to the power company. power company said $50,000 deposit, one year minimum study, and we couldn't tell you if it's five to 10 years before we'd actually get you power. You know, Northwest Iowa is not a

place for a data center of that size. They got to be in metropolitan areas where there's power and nuclear centers and and all this other stuff. But like the one gentleman said, they are looking now at putting micronuclear sites at a lot of them. Um, I still have a hard time believing they'd ever put one in North Iowa. Again, my concern is that it doesn't affect the existing data centers that are here. We have a way to uh transfer cell whatever that is. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Nelson.

Yes, ma'am. Hi, I'm Debbie Reichart, uh 6701 Lakeshore Drive. I stood up here naively last year to petition for a vote to stop Red Rock Wind Farm. I thought it was easy. Over 70 plus% of the community hated Oklahoma. And our board of supervisors were elected, so of course I assume they would support the community. Nope. That's why we need a law prohibiting all the projects that industry doesn't want in their towns. But it must be perfectly all right in smalltown Iowa. You see, they must be so much smarter than us, but they don't put them in their communities. It's not in my city. There's a famous movie quote that goes like this. Is this heaven? No, it's Iowa. We love our lake. We love our community. And we love our pastoral setting. Please at least do this moratorum so we're capable of seeing the next so many months so you you'll be able to see what other communities have said no to. There's too much water. There's too much pollution. There's too much heat. And Iowa needs to remain as we see it as a lovely quiet pastoral setting with good jobs, not temporary jobs from big cities like city and uh like Chicago and Minneapolis. Thanks.

Thank you. Anyone else would like to speak to this issue?

Speak up. Now's your chance. I think one of the things that we shouldn't forget here is this is not weather Bitcoin mining data centers or whatever the third one solar energy this is how they are allowed or not allowed Hey Barb Clayton, Orleans And um I I just passed out an open letter and this letter is um one of the reasons we need a pause. One of the reasons we need a moratorum is because we are not currently handling our conditional use permit that is out there properly. We need time. We have digging. We have cement pouring under the current conditional use for Red Rock and um they haven't they have not funded their decommissioning fund yet. Needs to be funded now and immediately. That's why we need this pause. We also need this pause because we are in the middle of our land use plans and our our land.

This isn't on the resolution. We are in the middle of our land use plan and we need the time to complete that so we understand what Dickinson County wants and what it should look like. I understand this is not on our resolution but it goes hand in hand with our inability to currently monitor our current our permits. We need a pause. We need some time. Batteries are a huge issue. Everybody's talking about the data centers. Batteries are a huge problem and issue and also a a huge pollution potential for the area. Bit mining, the noise, the electricity required for all of this. So, please take the time. You've got six weeks of hearings after they write the ordinance and then you with the order zoning or six six weeks of hearings between the zoning and the supervisors. That's a that's a lot of time in a six month moratorum and that's after they've written it. So thank you. Good morning Debbie Garrett spirit lady. Um sorry

the sixmonth moratorum is not sufficient time. It's not just a matter of planning and zoning coming up with an ordinance and the criteria and standards. It's also us now that we see that it's coming our way to give us opportunity to start researching on our own as well looking at what's happening at other communities. Um but just overall I think the 15th moratorum would be better. Um, also we um from what I'm seeing and from what I'm hearing, the small amount of time that I've spent looking into this, the use of our natural resources, I'm not just talking about the land area itself, but the water usage. Now, water is not something that we can create that we can replace. you know um you know of course there's some geoengineering going on but um creating the rain even if they could create their own water source and what I mean by that is not drilling into our land not drilling into our aquifer into our water sources underneath even if they could create their own water source this is not a good idea it really isn't and um you know we um as we look across the country and see what's being planned as we look at the technology that it's going to be um connected to. All of this does not work in our favor as human beings. Okay, guys, let's just face it. We know what's coming on with all the technology we've got and the technology monitoring because that's what the purpose of it is. It's to monitor us, the citizens.

And um so that's a long you know that's just another thing of it but so I say at least a 15y year wait year would be my

a 15month moratorum we need time we need time to look into this so please um keep that in consideration I don't know if the six month is a done deal I hope it's not because we really do need more time and You see all these citizens here, they're not going to go home and just go back to their daily routines. These folks are interested, they're concerned, and each in their own way is going to be looking into this. So, anyh who,

is that Sorry. Anyway, um that's pretty much what I have to say at this point. And um please consider it. You know once that's done once it's brought in it can't be undone. All right. Thank you folks. Thank you ma'am.

Alice.

Yes sir. Dan Taylor. Dan Taylor, Rural Milford. The uh data centers of this scope and this magnitude were not uh on the radar. They did not exist uh the last time we did a deep dive into our codes and ordinances. Uh fortunately, we are doing that deep dive now with the land use study. And I think we need to have that play out. I think six months of not accepting these applications is very reasonable and very fair. Uh because after that land use study, we'll have a clear idea of what we want our county to look like. And uh and at that point uh we can say yes or no to these applications. We'll be more informed. So I think that uh I speak in favor of this resolution. I think it's very common sense. Thank you.

And thank you.

If there are no more comments, I will close the public hearing and turn it over to my board. Well, I'm the one who introduced this resolution. I still think it's necessary uh to speak to those that have said that 6 months is not long enough. Uh it does say at the end of the resolution that it is uh effective for six months unless extended by the further action of the board. So it can be extended. Uh if the planning and zoning board and the zoning administrator feel like they're ready for applications after six months, it can be done. And then if they say no, we need a little bit more time, it can be extended for another 6 months as as as needed. It's just I think the moratorum will take the pressure off the planning and zoning board to come up with new ordinance to address all these issues. I don't think the moratorum is long enough. I think we need more time than that, but got to start somewhere and it is extendable. Um I know that uh I've heard comments that uh we don't want to rush the planning and zoning commission. We're not rushing you for anything. take the time that we need to plan and plan this stuff, right? And

it was last May when first of all, thank you for being here. Um, I I appreciate your time uh coming here today. Um uh it was about a year ago it was a year ago that I introduced tried to introduce a moratorum a two-year moratorium on on turbines uh after everything that we had just gone through um in April. And uh in that process I learned a lot. I learned how important wording is. Uh, I learned uh how important it is to um not not be an emotional person. Um, and over the course of of of this last year when that process started, uh, a lot has happened. Um, there's a lot that goes on in Dig County as as you're all aware. Um, I've done a lot of looking into u different videos and articles uh both for and against uh what data centers are. And what I've kind of come to conclusion with is uh you can find whatever you're looking for on the internet. Uh whatever your bias is, you can find it pretty easily. And while I was watching both for and against, I was reminded of my own business and my own services that I offer. And I can wrap up a nice training package for you and and sell it to you. Whether or not that's a good fit for you or not, I I can make that sale. I know what I'm saying. I know what I'm doing. I've been doing it for 26 years. Um I I can I can put any kind of bow I want on it, but that doesn't mean it's a good fit for you. sometimes my skill set doesn't match up with where you're at physically. I think it's more important when we can uh hear those that are are not associated with those that are that are

generating revenue or or receiving the revenue. And it makes a lot more uh sense to me or it's a lot more important to me when one of my clients can make that sale for me and speak for me uh based on their own experiences. And when I watch those videos and I read those articles and hear testimonies from people um that are affected by these data centers or renewable energy um infrastructure um it mean it lands differently for me. It means a little bit different. And so a mortorium is just a pause. It gives us time and and time is something that once it's gone we don't get back. Obviously we're we're all adults in here. We understand that. um rushing through any kind of process like this um doesn't make sense to me and uh I am definitely for um having a six-month moratorum and uh that is my position.

Thank you. Well, Contrary to what some are saying on Facebook that I must be investing in data centers, I assure you I'm not investing in any of the entities that are part of this moratorum. I too am very skeptical of these entities coming to our county. Um I also believe in our planning and zoning team. I see many of them that are here today and I know we talked about hopefully not using a moratorum in this case though it's different than what the wind energy was when we talked about that because we'd had wind turbines in our county for 20 years. Um as I've really given this more thought I I too believe that a six-month pause would take the pressure off of our PNZ board and put it more on us which where it should be. So, I'm I'm more leaning towards that. And we obviously can take a look at six months if you wish to do something at that point to extend it. But, um, I truly believe in you and I also want to take the pressure off of you because I know what we're looking at are big decisions for the future of our county.

I would pretty much echo Kim's thoughts. Very proud of our planning and zoning commission. It's not an easy job. We sat through some brutal meetings on the women and I think that system worked. We came up, you came up with some very good rules and regulations. I too am not for any of these three entities, but I'm learning about them. And I hope you're all using your time to learn about them. The one gentleman, white hair gentleman that was talking about Elon Musk and putting these in space, fascinating stuff. You'd be a good resource for any of this. Uh, I've never liked moratoriums because basically they're saying no, we can extend it. Okay. How long? When? Oh, well, when we have all the information, what I found out was every week somebody brought up something new. It's never ending. And so that's why even though this is six months, I I'm against it. If you'd like to make a motion, go ahead. Mr. Clark, would

you close the public hearing? Yeah, I did. You should. I sometimes forget that. Thank you, Bill. I would therefore make a motion in front of the board to approve the resolution 2026-8 on a moratorum for as presented for 6 months extendable at that point in time if if it's deemed necessary by the by the board and by planning and zoning. Can it be shortened?

I never thought or never asked that question. Uh I don't think six months I personally don't think six months will give them enough time. I think they'll want more time. Well, and that would be fine according your So, yeah, I'll second it. Okay, it's been moved by Mr. Clark seconded by Mr. Dollar to approve resolution. Oh, what is it? 206 2026-8.

2026-8. Thank you. Is there further discussion? If not, Mr. Clark, I. Mr. Hi. Um, Levi I am I and I will vote May. We do not need to wave the second and third readings. Well, I assume they will, but we don't need for a resolution. You don't for a resolution. You don't need to do that. It's for an ordinance. But we do need to do the

you do not have to wave it the reading. No. Okay. Then we won't. We're on to item number four of pay application number seven. Dickinson County Trails Board Clay County Connections. Good morning. Good morning. You know, we have Clay County connection phase one completed and this is just some erosion control items that were removed and some of the retainage keeping active while we

uh $21,680.90. Thanks. Motion to approve. I'll second Levi move in seconds. Further discussion. Where was this work done? This is at first phase of Klay County Connection. Okay. Further discussion hearing. None. Levi. Hi. G. Hi. Mr. Dard. Hi. Mr. Clark. I and Bill.

Item number five is the approval of the board minutes. Motion to second. Okay. Levi move. Mr. Dard seconds. And I'm going to take time to sign these before we vote. Okay. any Well, I want to do this because I get paid $15 an hour. Perfect. In your budget, right? Absolutely. 30 bucks.

Thanks, Eric. Thank you, okay. Um, Levi move. Mr. Dollar seconded. Any discussion at all? Not Levi. Hi, Mr. Dollar. Hi, Mr. Clark. Hi, Kim. Hi, Jim. Hi. Item number six is the approval of claims listed. Anyone have any questions? As Mr. Rose is here. I'm going to ask him what's all about buckw wheat for

concentration the ditches. Okay. Is that like a cover crop then?

Any other questions? Motion to approve. Second. Thank you, Mr. Clark. Further discussion hearing? None. Him. Hi, Mr. Clark. Hi, Levi. Hi, Mr. Dollar. Hi, Bill.

Okay, we have a number of draining points. Thank you. Our first one is for stamped warrant DD number one Jacobson West Guard for $880.70. Motion to approve. Mr. Clark moves. Second. Levi seconds. Further discussion. as there is none. Mr. Clark, hi Levi. Hi, Mr. Dollar. Hi, Kim.

Hi. And Bill is I Next one is Stamp Drainage District number five, branch 126, Jacobson West Guard for $863. Motion to approve. Mr. Clark moves. I'll second. J seconds. Further discussion hearing. None. Mr. Clark. Hi. Tim. Hi. Levi. Hi. Mr. Do. Hi. And Bill. The third one is Stamped for District 19 back engineering for $783.75. Motion to approve.

Kim moves. Second. Mr. Clark. Further discussion? Hi, Mr. Clark. Hi, Levi. Hi, Mr. Dard. Hi. And Bill is I. Our fourth one is a stamp war drainage district joint 61 branch 399 west. All the lands in Dickinson County to Jacobson and West Guard for $3,944. Motion to approve. Mr. Clark moves. I'll second.

Levi second. Further discussion. Hearing none. Mr. Clark. Hi. Levi. Hi. Mr. Dollar. Hi. Kim. Hi. And Bill is I. Our fifth one is Stamporn BD number 76, Jacobson Westgard for $351 and 55. Motion to approve. Kim moves. I'll second. Mr. Dollars. Further discussion hearing. None. Kim. Hi. Mr. Dollar. Hi. Mr. Clark. Hi. Levi. Hi. And Bill is high.

Bill, do you have your sheet that I gave you? Got this one. This one. Yeah, there was two more added. There's DD45 and then there's a second part for Goodwin Law Office for 61 branch 399 West. It's on the one I just gave you right there. Yeah. Okay. So, would you repeat those please? So for stand warrant DD45 to Goodwood Law Office in the amount of $825. Motion to approve. Kim moves. Seconds. Levi seconds. Further discussion.

Hearing none. Kim I. Levi. Hi. Mr. Dollar. Hi. Mr. Clark. Hi. And Bill. Hi. And the next one is Stanport DD joint 61 branch 399 West all landed Dickson County Declar Law Office in the amount of $725. Motion to approve. Mr. Clark moves. Second. Levi seconds. Further discussion hearing none. Mr. Clark.

Levi. Hi. Hi. Him. Hi. And Bill is high. Joint Joint One DNO TBEC Engineering in the amount of $1,616.25.

Motion to approve. Kim moves. Second. Levi second. Further discussion. Hearing none. Kim Hi. Levi. Hi. Mr. Clark. Hi. Mr. Dollar. Hi. And Bill. And the next ones join two Dickinson and Oola with Oola in the lead to back engineering for $783.75. Motion to approve. Kim moves. Second. Mr. Clark seconds. Further discussion. M. Kim. Hi. Mr. Clark. I Levi. Hi.

Mr. Dollar. Hi. And Billy. And lastly, joint three Dickinson and Emma County, Oio Dickson and Oola County. Oola is the lead to back engineering for $783.75. Motion to approve. Kim moves. Second. Levi seconds. Any further discussions? Hearing none. Kim I. Levi. Hi, Mr. Clark. Hi, Mr. Dard. Hi, and Bill. Hi. I apologize. We do have the beaver one. You want to Well, I knew you I'd got that one. Okay.

Yeah. Put that in for Levi. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Joint one D and E to C Rasmusen for $250. Five levers. Motion to approve. Big ones. Mr. Clark. Move. I'll second. Mr. Bard second. I'll third just want to take Levi and third. Any further discussion? No discussion. Levi, I've made my opinion clear, I think, on the beavers. Okay. If there is no further discussion, Mr. Clark, I Mr. Beller. Hi.

Levi. I twice. Okay. Next up is our county, Mr. Rose.

Go ahead. The first is correct. 160th Avenue from 320th Street which is 834 street avenue to 70th Avenue from level A to level B. No snow falling. This change was requested by the contractor performing work with GD19 improvements and improvements are complete. This will return the roads to the original level of maintenance. Motion to approve. Move. Second. Mr. Clark second. Is there further discussions? Hearing none. Kim, hi. Mr. Clark, hi. Levi, I Mr. Dollar. Hi.

Bill. Thank you, board. Item number two is make a recommendation to approve the transfer of jurisdiction agreement with the city of Lake Tart, which will address county road 27 from the north side of Highway 9 to the center of 140th Street. The reconstruction project has been finalized and meets the requirements of Iowa code 306.8. This agreement will supersede all previous transfer of jurisdiction agreements. Motion to approve. Moves second. Levi second. Further discussion none. Kim Levi. Hi. Mr. Clark. Hi.

Mr. Ders. Hi. And Bill. Hi. Thank you board. Item number three is to make a recommendation to approve a quick claim deed for county road M27 from the north side of highway 9 to the center of 12th Street. Motion to approve. Moves. Second. Levi seconds. Further discussion hearing. None. Kim. Hi. Levi. Hi. Mr. Clark. Hi. Mr. Dollar. Hi. And Bill. Hi.

Thank you. Item number four and the last item this a resolution 2026-12 for temporary closure of the two 2200 block with 28th Street 210th Street at the location of Iowa Great Lakes Santory District Treatment Plant. Motion to approve. Mr. Clark moves are going to be closed. Believe the contractor said four weeks. They previously advertised on rad signs out there. They're making provisions to let emergency traffic through.

Yeah. Um, as you can imagine, I've already had a few phone calls about this project. Um, obviously this is not your project, but is there anything residents are already going through quite a bit out there. Is there anything we can do with timing or no? Um, I think the contractor wants to get through the road as quick as he can. He's just allowing us enough time in case of weather anything like that happens or just something more unforeseen happen but I would think they get it open quicker than four weeks. All right. Uh second Levi second further discussion hear I Levi

I Mr. Dollar and Bill thank you for all I have today. Thank you.

We're now down to item number nine, general discussion and board committee report. Jim,

I had a lake harp improvement meeting this morning. They talked about things that are coming up like the fish barriers. We continued conversations with that. there's a north basin conversations continue there. All those things would certainly help with keeping that lake in better shape. Um we also talked about the west end and city park shoreline work that we hope will continue there. That lake has really had a lot of work on it the last few years. Great job going on over there. They also talked their annual meeting will be Saturday, August 8th at the community center over there. We also discussed uh doing whatever they can to get stronger and more members to be involved with that. And so a lot of good things that are happening in Lake Park with Silver Legs. Uh secondly, I want to talk about CPR class this Thursday at 9:00 a.m. here at Community Room. I believe there's a couple spots left yet. So, if you'd like to reup on your CPR or get licensed, that is available. And I will always continue to talk about our wellness challenge, please schedule your physician physical and complete your online assessment so we can reach our requirements to get a 5% reduction in our health insurance, which equals about $87,000 a year that we save. So, counting on everybody to do that.

Thank you. Thank you, Mr. D. I had a very un busy week. I didn't really have that much county work. I worked uh answered a some phone calls about road closures and so forth. Then uh Saturday I worked at the food pantry which we'll get a chance to explain on uh this afternoon at the uh morg. And that's all I have.

Okay, Mr. Clark. On Thursday last week, I attended the fundraiser for the Okabuli Protective Association at West Brewery. I think a good time was had by all. Uh Monday, last night, I attended the Terrell City Council meeting uh to present the homes for Iowa presentation that the uh corridor presented to members here a couple three weeks ago or so. Uh we'll see if there's any interest over there in in that program. Uh I was unable to attend the conservation foundation meeting, but I uh got an update from them online. That meeting was also last night. The uh they had a $35,000 donation for equipment out at the Sherwood Forest. Uh parts are being finished up. uh their CAT grant uh request for 3871,000 for the nature playscape uh is being considered. Uh they have a new repair down to do at the Abbey Gardener cabin and so on. They don't know for sure how much it's going to cost. One early estimate was 6,000. That's something that the the county conservation takes care of, but they're reimbursed after the projects usually are done by the state because it's a state historical area. And they also had a reap grant or yeah, reap grant approved for $80,000 and uh hopefully the CAT grant comes through. So that's upcoming this week. I

have Arnold Park City Council, Dickson County Conservation Board, uh taxpayers is Thursday morning and Friday uh is peace officers memorial day for everyone that's interested uh to honor the fallen peace officers all across the nation. And I know we have had one here in Dickinson County years ago. Monday is the is the planning and zoning commission meets at 1. Okay. Good schedule.

Last Friday we had our trails meeting and I thought the big thing there was uh and I I don't remember his name. I I'm just not the mayor of Moabi. Nice guy. Mike Myers. Thank you. He came in and uh they have he's the administrator. Administrator. The administrator. Mayor, the administrator. Oh, my words are

Anyway, I apologize. The administrator. Uh Mike came in and he has uh they would like to the city would like to put in a trail on the north side of San Avenue uh going east and west and kind of wrapping around. and he was uh just introducing this as um discussion in in hopes that the the Dix County Trails Board would um partner with and and apply for a reap grant and and at some point in time uh would would like the Trails Board to maintain the the trail um after they put it after they put it in. Uh and so just it was just an introduction and a discussion, but something that's definitely needed. If you've been on Sanborn Avenue, um having a way to get to Spear Park would be fantastic um off the road. It's a pretty busy road in the summer. So, uh their main concern obviously was safety of of people and and tourists. Um so, anyway, that was the the main or what I what I took from that meeting. We had our ECI um meeting. We decided on on our new name, Northwest Iowa or excuse me, Northwest Early Childhood Area U is going to be the new name of of what our ECI will be as we attempt to um pick up where we left off and we signed u new roles to the board. Um the the chair, vice chair, financial secretary were appointed um and approved. Then our next meeting again will be Friday this week. Um this week I've got that ISAC meeting that we're all supposed to be at um and board of health on Wednesday and then um I also was able to this last two weeks here not not just a role of supervisor but was able to speak to the kids in um 6 through 12 in uh Blake Park last week and then I had a midterm yesterday at

part of so um anyway that was Googly uh like Mr. Dard, I had no official duties. I did uh do a tour with Joe Woolman on the northshore of Big Spirit and then up in Minnesota. Uh he's concerned. People are concerned about the size of the rocks that are used on the shoreline for people to get from the roadside down to get their fish out of the water. Figures older folks like well Mr. Clark have trouble. Thank you, Bill. You're welcome. And uh when I left him, we had thought, well, if you could use large river rock, have trails through it. He said one of the problems was 14year-old boys trying to prove their muscularity are taking these rocks and throwing them out onto the ice. And so I got to thinking, well, I bet 4 to 12 year olds would love that river rock to throw those out in the way. So I told him maybe concrete with grooves cut in it for grips would work. U we all have Isac tomorrow. I've got Spirit Lake Protective Association tomorrow. Uh Thursday's the district track from 4 until 10. Oh boy. So anyway, that's what I was doing. Anyone in the crowd have comments about the agenda today? If not, I would ask for a motion to adjourn. Make

one just quick. Oh, we've got one. Maybe two. All right. So with the current moratorium now in effect on renewable energy development, I'm requesting direction from the board regarding development of ordinances specifically addressing the items that are outlined in the moratorum. Specifically, I'm requesting that whether or not the county intends to develop separate ordinances for solar, wind, battery storage, and how you would like these structured.

We currently have a wind ordinance in effect and I have don't think that this the moratorum does not address wind. No, it does not.

And uh that was not my intent. Uh I would I personally am more interested in in the data centers, battery storage facilities, Bitcoin mining facilities, but I think they should all be looked into, especially when it comes to water use and power use for the the county to see whether or not, you know, it's available. I think that that water use is probably the biggest thing. You know, we don't, you know, with massive data centers, we don't want them sucking out of the lakes to cool them down, and I don't know if we want them sucking out of the water. So I think it all needs to be researched and looked into and uh decide you know what's feasible what's coming down the pike you know is this something that that is um advisable in our area.

Okay so once again do you want separate ordinances for each of the renewables? Yes. Right. because currently the one that we had talked about last May that was disseminated had it all grouped together. So it was utility scale so solar and then um battery energy storage systems. So that would be that's helpful that I we need to know if you want to each drafted individually. Yes, I I would prefer that. Well, I think that only makes sense because they would each have their own Yeah. individual problems, right?

Yeah. That goes back to my comment on how important it is. And Right. It's like they generate heat. If they you and what they're going to use, where are they going to source their water? If they source it out of the aquafer, what's that going to do to our farmers, other people that depend on wellwater? How long and how soon is it going to drop? And I mean I I I don't know that I I need to do more studying myself. So if all of these

if a utility were to drill any sort of well, anything over 25 uh,000 gallons per day is permitted by the DNR. So that would be a study that they would look into should they go that direction. I know a lot of ordinances are also looking at closed loop um in order to preserve water. I guess at that point um that's all I have at this point in time as to how you would like to move forward with the separate ordinances. Thank you, Megan. Thank you.

Hi, Erikica Schultz. Good morning. Planning and zoning. Want to piggy back off what Megan's saying. I guess what I'm looking for as a planning and zoning board member is input from you as a board or what your timeline is as far as how are you going to direct the planning and zoning board to write these ordinances? Do you want them in favor of? Do you want it balanced? Do you want it restrictive? Uh I think that's something you guys have not had that conversation on. Um and then Megan asked about the separate ordinances. And then one concern I'm hearing with figuring out how the how much water they use and and so on so forth. Are you asking us to figure out every type of possibility that could be coming be presented? It seems like a task that is um slightly out of reach if we're going to look at every single one. We heard today that not all of them are built the same. So it would be great if in my opinion as as a supervisor board you guys could have a discussion on what you would like to see in the ordinances and again like I said balance restrictive or for them so that we have some direction to work with.

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you. Yes, my name is Tim Jones. I live southeast of Melford on 225th Street. I don't know if my subject is got to do with what you folks are talking about today except for possibly land use. My wife and I bought our acreage out there in 199 something seven maybe. And we immediately planted 300 foot of trees lilocks for a dust barrier because Whitikings had a gravel pit on one side of the road. Dark Kipper had a gravel pit on the other side of the road. So we knew we were going to have some dust problems. Then about a month or so ago, excuse me. We woke up about four o'clock in the morning with a bunch of uh truck noise. Didn't think much about it. Two days later, I went over to Whit King's Pit to get some gravel and lo and behold, there was a concrete plant. And uh last week they started hauling gravel from it's not Ker's pit anymore. It's Steuart R Stewart pit. And obviously Whitane doesn't have the gravel that BEI needs for their concrete plant. So last week I'm retired. I'm at home all the time. And one day from 8:00 in the morning till 5:00 in the afternoon there was a truck going by my acorage one every seven minutes. The next day they start at about 11:00 with the same frequency. Now there's plenty of local traffic on that road because it's one of the best gravel roads in the county. And that just makes it even worse. The dust problem out there is horrible and

I'm just wondering if there's anything you can do to help relieve that. I have a couple suggestions. What a king's pit has a two entrances, one on the west, one on the east. If BEI would use the one on the east, it would take a half a mile out of this drive. There's 10 residences in the top of the hill of Milford. It goes up threequarters of a mile. That's 10 residents. You don't see that normally in the in the country. And so if they would use that east entrance, might cost them a little bit to refine it a little bit. But I drove down there and a few years ago you folks widened 34 shoulder and there was 13 side dump trucks. They would use that same route. So I don't understand why they couldn't use that for their concrete trucks. Another thing is for safety. I'm assuming when their trucks are down there loading, when they're done loading, they fire off a big fog horn that you could hear probably in false story. Well, it's I'm assuming this is a temporary thing, but in spiritually they use lights or they use walkie-talkies. And the third thing possibly is from 3/4 of a mile out, that's where the money pit is, we could put a restrictive speed limit on there. doesn't solve. You can drive 25 miles an hour. If you got 10 big wheels, that's a big dust storm. When there's no wind, that dust can sit on that road for seconds. Seems like minutes. There's a lot of kids in Melford that like to fish off of that on the river down there, Mil Creek. And uh it's going to get dangerous. And I just wanted to give you my thoughts and hopefully you could help us out out there 25th Street. Thank you. You might wish to talk to Mr. Rolls, our county engineer.

I talked to him yesterday. Okay. And I'll be going to the Melford soon as I can. Okay. It's It's a problem if anytime. And one other thing, we can't close them down. But if when they're when when they're going to have a big project coming on and they're going to be using that road, they should be the ones responsible for the dust control. Maybe not every week, but like I say, when they're having these big road projects and they know that they're going to be coming in and out of there one after another, there's no reason they couldn't spit out the money to pay for that dust control. Thank you. Thank you.

Something respond to that just real quick before Barb's chat. So, I was one that issued a temporary use permit for readymix plant down in the way of King's Pit. And so, that will be moving, but I will go ahead and call the contractor and let them know that there were concerns brought up here today and if they could please slow down and, you know, use a bit more caution and sensitivity to the neighborhood. Thank you. One more quick question on that. So, they did they have to come to you to get a permit to do that? Yes. And they had they had to do the same thing here in Spirit Lake. Correct. I don't know Spirit Lake's policies. I'm sorry.

Okay. Well, I realize that the one in Spirit Lake isn't city, so it's probably not zoned the same. But like I say, with 10 residences out there in the 3/4 of a mile, maybe something should have been said to us why they moved that plan in at four in the morning. Your guess is as good as mine, but they did. So, thank you. or

um one thing uh Megan asked about direction um from the board and these data centers the the industrial solar and the batteries those are all industrial pro uses and I think that wherever they are it should be in an industrial zoned area because we want it we want them taxed properly not not a conditional use for egg area but in an industrial zoned area.

Anything else? Not I'll take a motion to adjourn. I'll make that motion. Second. Mr. Dollar moves by seconds. Further discussion. Hearing none. Mr. Dard I. Levi. Hi. Mr. Clark. Hi. Kim. back journal